37 Random Cat Facts You Probably Didn’t Know

1. Most don’t like sweet things. However, I know that my cat loves ice cream.
2. When a cat chases its prey, it keeps its head level and its eyes focused.
3. HAS bezoar is the real name of a furball.
4. A group of cats of more than 3 is called “clown.”
5. Why do they get stuck in trees? This is because a cat’s claws curve in the same direction, so it’s easy to go up but impossible to go down.
6. Cats are said to be able to make around 100 different sounds. Comparing it to a dog that can only do about 10. #stupiddogs #ruleofcats
7. Cats could have prevented the Black Death!
8. In 1963 the first feline was in space. felicette was a french kitty with a nickname of astrocat. France feels the cat in outer space. She survived the trip.
9. Approximately 40,000 people are bitten by felines in the US each year.
10. Cats are the most popular pet in North America. More than 30% of households in North America have a kitten. “Which Means Cats Are Better Than Dogs”
11. The hearing of a feline is extraordinarily better than that of a dog. A cat can also hear sounds that we humans could never hear.
12. A feline can run at a top speed of 31 mph.
13. When you think your kitty is rubbing up against you to be sweet, think again! In fact, he marks you as his territory by releasing it and sending it to you through the sebaceous glands on his head and tail.
14. Felines can purr up to 25 times per second!
15. Most cats give birth to an average litter of one to nine kittens.
16. Smuggling a cat out of ancient Egypt was punishable by death. When someone was caught smuggling a dog, the Pharos would banish the person who forced them to take the dog with them. (I just made up the last part, it seems correct)
17. A cat’s brain is biologically similar to the human brain and cats have identical regions in their brains that are responsible for emotions. Dog brains were more like carrots.
18. In Britain and Australia, black cats are considered lucky and in the Americas and Europe, the black cat is a symbol of bad luck.
19. The largest domestic cat breed is the Main Coon.
20. The smallest pedigree cat is the Singaporea
21. Cats can survive falls over 65 feet.
22. A cat can jump up to five times its own height.
23. The Turkish Van is a species of cat that really enjoys swimming. This is due to the unique layer of hair that makes them resistant to water.
24. The oldest cat species is called The Egyptian Mauit is so old that the name Mau means cat in the Egyptian language.
25. A cat usually has 12 whiskers on each side of its face and the cat uses the whiskers as a way of measuring if it can fit between something. (Dogs usually see if they can fit between something by bumping into it head-on, the popular item of choice is usually a car.)
26. Cats don’t see colors as well as humans. In fact, scientists believe that grass appears red to cats. (I don’t think so because I have deuteranomaly color blindness disorder and I once bought green pants because I thought they were a light tan)
27. Cats can spend up to 2/3 of each day sleeping.
28. A cat’s ability to find its way home is called “psi-travel.” Experts believe that cats use the angle of sunlight to find their way or that they have magnetized cells in their brains that act like compasses.
29. A cat’s jaw cannot move sideways
30. Cats only meow at humans and not at each other.
31. A cat lover is called Ailurophilia. (Consider me LA Ailurophilia)
32. A cat can normally live up to 20 years, this is the equivalent of about 96 human years.
33. A cat’s normal body temperature is between 100.5° and 102.5°F. Just like humans, you can tell if your cat is sick if her body temperature is outside this range.
34. A cat’s nose has a texture that acts as the equivalent of a human’s fingerprint.
35. Cats only sweat through their paws.
36. Cats are so sensitive to vibrations that they can detect tremors from an earthquake 10 to 15 minutes earlier than humans.
37. A female cat is called a queen or a molly. (What’s a bitch called again?)

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